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Rolling Stone column

MARCH 5, 2013
These are for a column by Matt Taibbi, his views and opinions on topics of politics and culture, which I've illustrated for a few months.
First one's about the Dream Team of the 2012 Olympics, which, despite possibly being better, seems to have none of the charme and karma of the 1992 one.

About "The Dark Knight Rises" being almost Ayn Rand-ian, as the Batman seems to have become a a brooding, self-serious douche who lives in a gigantic mansion (refusing to leave it in an Atlas Shrugged inspired strike), drives a Maybach, and is depressed by our decadence, our disobedience, our refusal to appreciate and treasure the gifts of civilization given to us by noblesse oblige types like his father.

About how people apparently just revel in abuse. From Simon Cowell to Donald Trump to how Mitt Romney, a man who fired people for a living possibly pulls 46% support in any group of voters...

This one's about the NFL, and how modern football seems to inevitably cause ever worse injuries as the athletic level of the players rises. And to just get used to it. 

This one is about Wall Street seemingly paralelling their attemps at market manipulation by providing campaign donations to Romney and not placing their bets with Obama.

The End of Reality. About the way that the media doesn't necessarily report on what happened, but what people want to believe happened, and how you as a consumer of news can always find sources of information that tailor facts to your biases.

Last one's about bunch of other reasons to pay attention to basketball this year, despite the NBA finals being pretty much a foregone conclusion (Heat, Lakers) before the season even starts.

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